The State Water Board acted Tuesday to set minimum standards for
water conservation, with the ability of local water providers to
issue fines for blatant water use. But local water providers
said residents are doing their part, overall.
Some California State Parks and Forest Service campgrounds have
begun shutting off toilets and showers because of the drought,
but most local facilities remain in the clear for water usage as
of right now.
About 2,200 firefighters have been assigned to combat the
fast-moving blaze, which sparked southwest of Ono on Friday when
a marijuana grower inadvertently sparked a brush fire with his
truck while transporting fertilizer to an illegal garden in the
area.
The heartbreaking story of a 12-year-old Gridley boy who drowned
while trying to cool off on a hot summer day has led to much
speculation about what can be done to prevent such accidents in
the future.
Firefighters were making little headway against a 3,700-acre
blaze Sunday in rural Shasta County that investigators believe
was sparked by the exhaust from a truck driven by a man
delivering supplies to an illegal marijuana growing site.
A small water agency that pumps water from Clear Lake expects to
declare a water shortage emergency as early as this week, not
because it’s running out of water but because thick algae growth
is putting a strain on its purification system.
California’s evolving cap-and-trade market may soon have a new
player: rice farmers. …
The program, called the Rice Cultivation Projects Compliance
Offset Protocol, is slated to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2015,
and run for a 10-year period.
Rugged terrain, shifting winds and hot, dry conditions hampered
efforts to contain a wildfire in Northern California that burned
to the edge of a rural neighborhood, officials said.
A
wildfire in rural Northern California’s Napa County damaged two
homes and forced the evacuation of 200 others, but so far is not
posing a to the vineyards that are the region’s claim to
fame.
From the California Department of Water Resources (DWR):
Oroville Dam in Butte County will be the site of a spectacular
Fourth of July fireworks display presented by community
organizations in cooperation with the Department of Water
Resources.
“Redding is looking to transfer some of its water to the parched
Bella Vista Water District. A proposal to provide up to
1,200 acre-feet over the summer makes its way to the Redding City
Council Tuesday night.”
“Environmentalists sued Wednesday to block proposed water
transfers from Northern California to the drought-plagued south
San Joaquin Valley, arguing that the plan fails to protect the
fragile Delta.”
From the California Department of Water Resources (DWR):
“As a lecturer in the California State Parks Summer Speaker
Program, [DWR Guide Jana] Frazier reviews the challenges of
drought, lessons learned and how new technologies can help people
conserve water.”
“Two months ago, community leaders in Hamilton City received news
the J Levee that protects the town from the Sacramento River was
on the federal list for repairs.”
“Voters in a Northern California county have defeated a measure
calling for the creation of a 51st state named Jefferson, in a
test of whether a secessionist movement has sails in a region
long accustomed to feeling overlooked by the rest of the state.”
“The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service announce that the Science Advisory Board of the
Trinity River Restoration Program (Program or TRRP) completed
its review of mainstem-river channel rehabilitation projects
that have occurred on the Trinity River between 2005 and
2010. …
“The TRRP consists of the following partner agencies: the
Hoopa Valley Tribe, the Yurok Tribe, Trinity County, the
California Resources Agency (Department of Water Resources
and Department of Fish and Wildlife), the U.S.
